<p>Based on Fairfield, the typeface first published in 1940 and designed by Rudolph Ruzicka, a famous Czech-American type designer. Fanwood Text roman and italic are the same as Fanwood, but slightly darker and reduced in contrast; this was tailored for increased readability on the Amazon Kindle 3 e-book reader hardware.</p> <p>For more information about the typeface, read the Wikipedia article on <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairfield_%28typeface%29">Fairfield</a>.</p> <p>The fonts are available from the designer's own site, <a href="http://sortsmill.googlecode.com">Sortmill</a>, with a very liberal MIT-style license, and are made available here and on the <a href="http://www.theleagueofmoveabletype.com/fonts/17-fanwood">League of Movable Type</a> under the SIL OFL, without a Reserved Font Name.</p>